Article
Plan B and the German Catholic Bishops
Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2013
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1345/aph.1s157
PubMed ID
23737514
Abstract
Germany’s Catholic bishops recently ruled that levonorgestrel emergency contraception (EC) was acceptable for prevention of pregnancy in the case of rape. The ruling represents a significant change in Catholic doctrine that has been opposed to most forms of birth control. In their ruling the bishops cited a lack of evidence that levonorgestrel EC acts as an abortifacient. This case serves as a reminder of the need for bioethics to be based on current scientific literature as well as articles of faith and morals.
Disciplines
Keywords
- Emergency contraception,
- pregnancy,
- rape,
- Catholicism,
- contraception,
- postcoital,
- contraceptive agents,
- female,
- Germany,
- levonorgestrel,
- morals
Citation Information
Douglas C. Anderson and Dennis M. Sullivan. "Plan B and the German Catholic Bishops" Annals of Pharmacotherapy Vol. 47 Iss. 7-8 (2013) p. 1079 - 1080 ISSN: 1542-6270 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_sullivan/114/